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Jaclyn Jaeger is an Editor at Compliance Week. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, regulatory enforcement matters, risk management, technology, and more. Jaeger welcomes questions and comments from readers; she can be reached via e-mail at jaclyn.jaeger@complianceweek.com.

The Environmental Protection Agency today issued a second “notice of violation” of the Clean Air Act, alleging that Volkswagen developed and installed a defeat device in certain VW, Audi, and Porsche light-duty diesel vehicles equipped with 3.0 liter engines for model years 2014 through 2016. These alleged violations are in addition to the EPA's ongoing investigation alleging VW installed defeat devices on certain 2.0 liter engines for model years 2009 through 2015 vehicles. VW denied the allegations. More inside.

The Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, today filed a civil complaint against Volkswagen over allegations that Volkswagen violated the Clean Air Act by installing illegal defeat devices that impaired emission control systems in nearly 600,000 diesel engine vehicles. In a statement, Barbara McQuade, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, said the complaint is the “first stage in bringing Volkswagen to justice.”

In two related settlements—one with the United States and the State of California, and one with the Federal Trade Commission—German automaker Volkswagen and related entities have agreed to spend up to $14.7 billion to settle allegations of cheating emissions tests and deceiving customers, the Department of Justice said. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.

Volkswagen confirmed this week that Hans Dieter Pötsch, former group chief financial officer, has become the latest individual to face scrutiny as fallout from the Volkswagen emissions-cheating scandal continues. Jaclyn Jaegerhas more.

Volkswagen will plead guilty and pay a total of $4.3 billion in criminal and civil penalties resulting from the company’s long-running emissions-cheating scandal. In addition, six Volkswagen employees are indicted in connection with the conspiracy. Jaclyn Jaegerreports.

A federal court in Detroit has sentenced Volkswagen AG in connection with a decade-long scheme to sell diesel vehicles containing software designed to cheat U.S. emissions tests. As part of the plea agreement, VW will pay a $2.8 billion penalty.

Oliver Schmidt, the former general manager of Volkswagen AG’s U.S. Environment and Engineering Office, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to his role in the company’s long-running emissions cheating scandal.

IAV GmbH, a German company that engineers and designs automotive systems, will pay a $35 million criminal fine for its role in a long-running emissions-cheating scandal concerning Volkswagen, the Department of Justice announced.